{"product_id":"an-evening-with-kate-foster","title":"An Evening with Kate Foster","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe're so excited to welcome debut writer Kate Foster to store to discuss her thrilling novel The Maiden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Edinburgh in 1679, The Maiden is based on a real-life murder trial. We'll be sitting down with Kate to discuss the book, the true story that inspired it and what it took to bring this book to life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTickets are £5 and can be redeemed against any purchase on the evening of the event. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian Nimmo is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdulteress. Whore. Murderess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly a year before, Christian was leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKate Foster has been a national newspaper journalist for over twenty years and is the Health Editor for the \u003ci\u003eScottish Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe won the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect 2020 prize for new writers for her debut novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e, which she wrote on a Curtis Brown Creative six-month novel writing course.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in April 2023. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe lives near Edinburgh with her two children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eIf you have any questions regarding the event or to request any additional accessibility accommodations please contact hello@rarebirdsbooks.live\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Birds Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43768524636417,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/products\/aneveningwithkatefosteratrarebirds.png?v=1676907319","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/an-evening-with-kate-foster","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}